Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton believes returning to an old-school style of racing would solve Formula One’s ongoing problem with parity. The four-time world champ and current leader in the standings said Thursday the vast separation between the top teams and the lower teams is hurting the sport. Mercedes has won all six races this season […]
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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Standing on a sun-drenched bluff above the Normandy beaches, where 10,000 soldiers sacrificed themselves to a savage fusillade of gunfire and opened the way for Europe’s liberation in 1944, President Trump declared on Thursday, “We are gathered here on freedom’s altar.” Seventy-five years after the D-Day invasion, the president, who has called
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U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell for the sixth consecutive week, with the key 30-year loan average running below 4% and at its lowest point since September 2017. The declining rates have been a boon to potential purchasers in the spring home buying season, and the number of homeowners seizing the opportunity to refinance mortgages jumped
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Just as government officials step up their antitrust scrutiny of the American tech giants, Google had a surprising announcement on Thursday: It is buying another company. Google said it planned to buy the data analytics company Looker for $2.6 billion in a bid to catch up to rivals in the business of
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Baseball greats Pete Rose and Joe DiMaggio never played in the majors at the same time, but they teamed up once in an odd situation. Rose, baseball’s all-time hit king, told a funny anecdote about the time he gave the Yankee Hall of Famer a shower when they were visiting the troops together in Vietnam
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The urgent talks to avert President Trump’s threat of tariffs on Mexico are running into a serious obstacle: The president’s demand that in return Mexico must promise to put a complete stop to illegal immigration into the United States. In a series of tweets and remarks over the past week, Mr. Trump vowed to impose
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Turns out Josh Sargent won’t play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the Under-20 World Cup. The 19-year-old forward was among seven cuts from the national team roster Thursday, another setback that follows limited playing time during the second half of his Bundesliga season with Werder Bremen. National team coach Gregg Berhalter decided last month
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President Donald Trump has said Brexit “will all work out”, at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. He said both the EU and UK were working “very hard together” but added: “It doesn’t seem to be working out. But, at some point, something will happen, one way or the other.” He also
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 11:50 a.m Stocks are mostly higher at midday Thursday as investors wait for developments in U.S. trade talks with Mexico. Energy companies and makers of household products led the gainers while manufacturers were the steepest decliners. Occidental Petroleum rose 2.7% while Exxon gained 1.6%. Cigarette
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Image copyright Getty Images Hafsa Zayyan and Monika Radojevic have both been announced as the co-winners of Stormzy’s first #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize. They will get a publishing contract with #Merky Books and be represented by The Good Literary Agency. The competition, which launched earlier this year, was open to aspiring writers between the
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